Please let it be known some good deeds go unannounced or publicized. ...more

October 24, 2009

Pakistan ordered its army to go after the country's top Taliban commander, a feared militant whose remote stronghold could prove a difficult test for troops but whose demise would be a major blow to the insurgencies here and in Afghanistan. ...more

June 15, 2009

For Americans, President Barack Obama's foreign policy aim was stated simply in last month's address to Congress: "It is time for America to lead again." ...more

March 30, 2009

Pull Our Troops From Afghanistan Editor's note: The following is an open letter to President Barack Obama: ...more

March 5, 2009

St. Valentine, make some room on your day of love for the fight for world peace. ...more

February 13, 2009

The top U.S. military officer cautioned Monday against comparing the Pentagon's renewed focus on Afghanistan to the Vietnam War, citing terrorism and a non-occupation strategy as "dramatic differences" between the two conflicts. ...more

February 2, 2009

Three Bay area members of Congress — Reps. Gus Bilirakis, Kathy Castor and Adam Putnam — say they intend to launch new congressional efforts to create a free-mail-to-troops program for service members in combat zones. ...more

December 23, 2008

The top U.S. military officer said Saturday that the Pentagon could double the number of American forces in Afghanistan by next summer to 60,000 — the largest estimate of potential reinforcements ever publicly suggested. ...more

December 20, 2008

Retired Lt. Gen. Ruslan Aushev, 54, served for five years in Afghanistan during the Soviet Union's nearly decadelong battle with mujahedeen there. He was wounded and named a Hero of the Soviet Union. ...more

December 7, 2008

31,000 American troops in Afghanistan 134,000 Number of troops the Afghan army is to have by 2014 ...more

November 17, 2008